Painting Movies

A view of the life and works of the late Alex Colville, the celebrated Canadian painter. Shows the influence on his life and works of his experience a...

A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.

The work of painter Joan Miró is more alive than ever 35 years after his death. Grandson Joan Punyet travels the world and paints the picture of his g...

This short film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of an abstract art form that developed in Montreal. The movement, initiated by Paul-Émi...

Portrait of the painter Manuel Moldes, from Pontevedra, Spain, about the work he does in the preparation of a retrospective of his work.

A documentary on the artist Winfred Rembert, whose paintings depicted bigotry in America in the latter part of the 20th century.

While struggling to finish a painting, a young girl finds herself lost in the world of perfection and objectivity.

Inspired by the works of portuguese artist Julião Sarmento, this is a movie about the self and the other. About the reflection and obsession on the hu...

In 2014 a large painting representing Judith Beheading Holofernes was discovered in an attic in Toulouse, France. A controversy ensued immediately abo...

Charlie and Rose, a young couple aiming to sell a painting entitled ‘I Think, Therefore I Want’, struggle to hide their rising frustrations at one ano...

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the s...

Born in Portugal, Paula Rego is one of Britain's leading artists. This intimate film follows the artist from her retrospective in Madrid to the privac...

A documentary on the painter Antonio López and his day-to-day work.

A poor artist accidentally discovers the use of blood to paint his works and now he's on the search for the perfect color.

Forty years in the making, 'The Painter Sam Francis' is artist Jeffrey Perkins' intimate portrait of abstract expressionist painter Sam Francis. The f...